These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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Romans 4
Brit Hadashah 25 verses
- 1 What then shall we say that , our earthly forefather, has gained?
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For if he was held to be righteous on the ground of his actions, he has something to boast of; but not in the presence of .
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1 Corinthians 1:31 1 Corinthians 4:7 1 Corinthians 9:16 Philippians 3:9 2 Corinthians 11:12 Jeremiah 9:23-24 2 Corinthians 11:30 Romans 15:17 2 Corinthians 5:12 2 Corinthians 12:1-9 Genesis 12:18 Ezekiel 8:9 Romans 3:20-28 1 Corinthians 1:29 Galatians 6:13-14 Joshua 24:2 Genesis 20:9-13 Genesis 12:12-13 Genesis 12:20 Galatians 3:22 Ephesians 2:9 - 3 For what says the Scripture? “And believed , and this was placed to his credit as .”
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But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
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whereas in the case of a man who pleads no actions of his own, but simply believes in Him who declares the unElohimly free from guilt, his is placed to his credit as .
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In this way also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit places , apart from his actions.
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Psalm 146:5-6 Deuteronomy 33:29 Matthew 5:3-12 Isaiah 45:24-25 Jeremiah 33:16 Romans 4:9 1 Corinthians 1:30 Romans 4:24 Romans 5:18-19 Psalm 1:1-3 Galatians 3:8-9 2 Timothy 1:9 Galatians 3:14 Romans 3:20-22 Daniel 9:24 2 Corinthians 5:21 2 Peter 1:1 Galatians 4:15 Isaiah 54:17 Psalm 112:1 Romans 3:27 Jeremiah 22:6 Ephesians 2:8-10 Romans 1:17 Philippians 3:9 Ephesians 1:3 Romans 4:11 -
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“Blessed,” he says, “are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.
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Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account.”
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- 9 This declaration of blessedness, then, does it come simply to the circumcised, or to the uncircumcised as well? For Abraham’s —so we affirm—was placed to his credit as .
- 10 What then were the circumstances under which this took place? Was it after he had been circumcised, or before?
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Before, not after. And he received circumcision as a sign, a mark attesting the reality of the - which was his while still uncircumcised, that he might be the forefather of all those who believe even though they are uncircumcised—in order that this might be placed to their credit;
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Romans 3:22 Luke 19:9 Matthew 16:16 Galatians 6:16 Ephesians 4:30 John 6:35 2 Peter 1:1 Exodus 31:13 2 Corinthians 1:22 Galatians 3:29 John 6:40 Exodus 31:17 Philippians 3:9 Matthew 8:11 Genesis 17:10-11 Exodus 12:13 Ezekiel 20:20 Romans 10:4 Romans 10:6 Ezekiel 20:12 John 3:15-16 John 8:33 Revelation 9:4 Romans 4:12-13 Romans 10:11 Romans 4:16-18 John 7:38-39 John 3:36 Romans 9:6 Romans 3:26 Galatians 3:7 Ephesians 1:13 Hebrews 11:7 Galatians 3:22 Romans 2:28-29 Galatians 5:5 John 6:47 Deuteronomy 30:6 Romans 9:30 John 11:25-26 Romans 9:33 - 12 and the forefather of the circumcised, namely of those who not merely are circumcised, but also walk in the steps of the which our forefather had while he was as yet uncircumcised.
- 13 Again, the promise that he should inherit the world did not come to or his posterity conditioned by Law, but by -.
- 14 For if it is the righteous through Law who are heirs, then is useless and the promise counts for nothing.
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For the Law inflicts punishment; but where no Law exists, there can be no violation of Law.
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Romans 5:13 1 Corinthians 15:56 Galatians 3:10 Romans 7:7-25 1 John 3:4 Romans 3:19-20 Galatians 3:19 John 15:22 Acts 17:30-31 2 Kings 22:13 Ezekiel 7:19 Ephesians 5:6 Deuteronomy 29:20-28 Romans 1:17 Lamentations 2:22 Romans 5:20-21 Romans 2:12-13 Jeremiah 4:8 Zephaniah 1:18 John 3:36 Numbers 32:14 Romans 2:5-6 2 Corinthians 3:7-9 Colossians 3:6 Revelation 19:15 Revelation 6:16-17 - 16 All depends on , and for this reason—that acceptance with might be an act of pure ,
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so that the promise should be made sure to all Abraham’s true descendants; not merely to those who are righteous through the Law, but to those who are righteous through a like that of . Thus in the sight of in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and makes reference to things that do not exist, as though they did, is the forefather of all of us. As it is written, “I have appointed you to be the forefather of many nations.”
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1 Corinthians 1:28 John 5:21 John 6:63 Genesis 17:4-5 1 Peter 2:10 Romans 4:2 Isaiah 49:12 Romans 3:29 Ephesians 2:1-5 Hebrews 11:12 Isaiah 55:12 Matthew 3:9 Isaiah 44:7 2 Peter 3:8 Hebrews 11:7 John 5:25 Romans 8:29-30 Romans 8:11 Genesis 17:16 1 Timothy 6:13 1 Corinthians 15:45 Isaiah 48:13 Genesis 25:1-34 Genesis 17:20 Romans 9:26 Genesis 28:3 Isaiah 43:6 Acts 15:18 -
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Under utterly hopeless circumstances he hopefully believed, so that he might become the forefather of many nations, in agreement with the words “Equally numerous shall your posterity be.”
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- 19 And, without growing weak in , he could contemplate his own vital powers which had now decayed—for he was nearly 100 years old—and Sarah’s barrenness.
- 20 Nor did he in unbelief stagger at Elohim’s promise, but became mighty in , giving to ,
- 21 and being absolutely certain that whatever promise He is bound by He is able also to make good.
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For this reason also his was placed to his credit as .
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Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record for his sake only;
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it was for our sakes too. Faith, before long, will be placed to the credit of us also who are believers in Him who raised , our Lord, from the dead,
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who was surrendered to death because of the offences we had committed, and was raised to life because of the acquittal secured for us.
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Ephesians 5:2 1 John 4:9-10 Matthew 20:28 1 Corinthians 15:17 Isaiah 53:5-6 Galatians 1:4 2 Corinthians 5:21 Revelation 1:5 Zechariah 13:7 Hebrews 10:12-14 Romans 8:3 1 Peter 3:18 Romans 8:32-34 Romans 3:25 Romans 5:6-8 Daniel 9:24 Hebrews 4:14-16 Isaiah 53:10-12 Galatians 3:13 Romans 5:18 1 Peter 1:18-19 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 1 Peter 1:21 Daniel 9:26 Titus 2:14 1 John 2:2 Revelation 5:9 Hebrews 9:28 1 Peter 2:24 Revelation 7:14